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Title: Postmortem by Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 0694522899 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 8 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1
Rating: 5
Summary: The First & the Best
Comment: With this book Patricia Cornwell secured herself a multi-millions dollar career and countless follow-ups. Postmortem is extremely well written, the prose flawless, and the personal and forensic details absorbing. Don't expect and nice character as a protagonist. In Postmorterm a serial killer goes around Richmond, Virginia and kills young women. It's not a laughing matter, and Cornwell handles the narration and pace with a touch of realism which is scary to say the least. Maybe this has to do--apart from her ability to write convincingly--with the fact that the serial killings in the novel are based on a real case which also happened in Richmond, Virginia. Perhaps the only problem is the ending is a little weak but then Cornwell once claimed, 'I don't do mysteries'. And she doesn't. This novel takes you into the head and life of the postmorterm examiner. Keep in mind that Cornwell had taken some artistic liberties from the sake of dramatic tension, and that her protagonist, Kay Scarpetta, involves herself in duties which she would not normally be authorized to handle in real-life situations. Neverthelss, it's a rollercoaster of a book, and for those who have never read a Cornwell, start from the beginning, and read this one. For the record, as the years go by, Cornwell's novels are declining in quality. See my other reviews.
Rating: 5
Summary: The First & The Best
Comment: With this book Patricia Cornwell secured herself a multi-millions dollar career and countless follow-ups. Postmortem is extremely well written, the prose flawless, and the personal and forensic details absorbing. Don't expect and nice character as a protagonist. In Postmorterm a serial killer goes around Richmond, Virginia and kills young women. It's not a laughing matter, and Cornwell handles the narration and pace with a touch of realism which is scary to say the least. Maybe this has to do--apart from her ability to write convincingly--with the fact that the serial killings in the novel are based on a real case which also happened in Richmond, Virginia. Perhaps the only problem is the ending is a little weak but then Cornwell once claimed, 'I don't do mysteries'. And she doesn't. This novel takes you into the head and life of the postmorterm examiner. Keep in mind that Cornwell had taken some artistic liberties from the sake of dramatic tension, and that her protagonist, Kay Scarpetta, involves herself in duties which she would not normally be authorized to handle in real-life situations. Neverthelss, it's a rollercoaster of a book, and for those who have never read a Cornwell, start from the beginning, and read this one. For the record, as the years go by, Cornwell's novels are declining in quality. See my other reviews.
Rating: 3
Summary: It didn't stand the test of time
Comment: This novel was written un the begining of the 90s and won a lot of awards. But, that was then, and this is now. And from my point of view this book lost at least part of its appeal.
Most characters are three-dimensional and interesting, but Kay, being a woman in a men's world and having to prove herself every step of the way ... well, you've read it and seen it in movies more than once.
When this idea was novel (and i guess it was in '91), it was good, but now it only serves to underline the stereotipically stupid male in a position of power, who does everything to make her work harder (and to do that he does things too stupid and damaging to his own career).
So, we have a sub-plot which weights down the novel, we also have to read through passages telling us in detail how it is possible to access your computer at work from your computer at home.
The novel is told in first person, but it seems somehow clinical. We have dead mutilated bodies, but Kay is more conserned in proving herself, then stoping a serial killer.
There IS a good mystery in this novel, with a clever answer.
But for me it was not worth the novel attached to it.
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Title: Body of Evidence by Patricia Daniels Cornwell ISBN: 0671038567 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: All That Remains by Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 0380718332 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: July, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cruel & Unusual by Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 0380718340 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Body Farm by Patricia Daniels Cornwell ISBN: 0425147622 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: From Potter's Field by Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Don Peppers ISBN: 0425154092 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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